Type-writing machine.



W. H. HULSE.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION TILED JULY 9, 1904.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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W. H. HULSE.

TYPE WRITING MAGHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED, JULY 9, 1904.

1 86,054, Patented Feb. 3, 191i I 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2. F I 53- 1 E1. n 5'VI/JfiVl/II m1" 7 VWIIIIWT l liiim W. H. HULSE.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY9, 1904.

1,086,054, Patented .Feb. 3, 1914 3 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

Java I wz wlfoz UNITED STATES ATEN 0 CE WILLIAM H. HULSE, OF MONTREAL,QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 VIC'IOR TYPE- WRITER OOMPANY, OF NEW YORI N.Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedrFeb. 3,1914.

Application filed July 9, 1904. Serial No. 215,968.

chines and has forits object to obtain an improved form of type-bar and.arrange-* ment of mounting the same whereby long or extended bearingsfor each bar aresecured resulting in great lateral rigidity of the bars,and, at the same time, .a full set of type-bars are accommodated inthelimited segmental or circular space available for their bearings orfulcrum supports.

The invention possesses special value for front-strike or othervisible.writing machines wherein the space available for mounting thebars is limited; but the invention is also valuable in under-strike orbasket machines.

In carrying out my invention I provide a type-bar with a bifurcated andlaterallybranching heel by which it is pivoted at two fulcrum pointslocated at some distance asunder and preferably on each side of theplane of oscillation of the bar; the construc tion being such as topermit the overlapping of the branched fulcrum-heels of several adjacenttype-bars, without interfering with their independent motion.- Theinvention thus provides a lateralbrace for the respective bars of ampleextent while-they are mounted within very close compass.

'In practice the entire range of type-bars may bemounted on a commonwire, curved concentrically with the common printing point, the pair offulcrum cheeks of each type-bar-heel working in guiding slots or krfs inthe frame, iniplanes parallel with the plane of oscillation of thetype-bar to which they belong, as hereinafter: described.

The invention further embraces the application of the same principle ofconstruction to type-bar hangers whereby wrdelysepa ratedpivot-attachments are provided for the bifurcated .type-bar-heel, with asingle shank for mounting the hanger'adjusta-bly in the frame of themachine.

bars.

The special value of the. invention in its application to front-strikemachines results in part from the necessity of assembling the full setof forty or more bars approximately three inches in length, within anarc of about "120 in front of the platen. It results that infront-strike machines especial difliculty exists in providing for thetype-bars bearings of sufiicient length to afford lateral rigidity.Cheek plates or washers are employedto supply this deficiency intype-bars of common form,.but these cause increased friction as well asdifliculty in fitting. By forming the respective type-bars withbifurcated heels leach adapted to overlap three, more or less, of itsneighbors I provide great lateral rigidity with a minimum offriction andby my special construction of such overlapping arms or branches I adaptthem to turn in arcs of 90'degrees without mutual or relativeinterference so as not to obstruct the free and independent movement ofthe type- According to my invention a full set of type-bars may beassembled and mounted in such a manner that their axes of move:

ment, or the line joining the two fulcrum points of each bar, formchords of a circle. Each chord overlaps a portion of a plurality of thechords formed 'by'adjacent bars. By this arrangement, Iattain at oncelong bearing bases for the bars as well as accommodation for a full setof type-barswithin the limited spaceavailable for the same in visiblewriting machines. By the new form of construction of type-bar which Ihave invented, I am enabled to secure the above re sul s without in anyWay interfering with or 1 pairing the freedom of individual movement ofany bar.

A further feature of advantage secured b myinvention consists in thehomogeneous character of the type-bars. Thus all the type-bars may be ofuniform length and constitute a homogeneous set." With otherforms oftype-bars with which I am acquainted and in which it has been attemptedto provide long or extended bearing bases the set or basket, or toarrange the bearings askew, in order to find accommodation for completeset of bars. In a machine embodying my invention all these expedientsbecome unnecessary; the bars may be uniform in construction and thebearings so arranged as to equalize the wear and avoid undue friction.My invention does not preclude, however, the employment of type bars ofdifferent lengths if such a construction be desired but all theadvantages thereof may be obtained in such a construction.

The invention also relates to other details of construction which willbe defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a blank from whichthe improved type-bar may be made in one piece of metal. Fig. 2 is aside view of a typebar formed from such blank. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe heel of the type-bar. Fig. is a diagrammatic plan view of a numberof improved type-bars assembled on a straight wire. Fig. 5, is an endview of the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 6 is aside view of two adjacent type-bars in their difierent positions. Fig. 7is a side view illustrating a modification in which a type-bar alsoembodying my invention is made in two pieces. Fig. 8 is a perspectiveview of the bar shown in F ig. 7, and illustrating a furthermodification. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a number of such barsassembled as for a front-strike machine. Fig. 10 18 a perspectiveviewshowing a number of bars as assembled for a bottom-strike or basketmachine. Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view of a number of thetype-bar-heels and a portion of the frame illustrating the mode ofmounting the fulcrum cheeks of each type-bar 1n paired guide kerfsparallel with the plane of oscillation of the type-bar to which theybelong. Fig. 12 is a transverse section of the supporting frame. Fig. 13is a plan view of a blank for the formation of a hanger suitable for theimproved type-bars. Fig. 14 is a plan view (parts being'in section)showing a plurality of hangers and portions of the type bar heelsmounted in position as for a bottom strike machine; Fig. 15 is a sideview of Fig. 14 showing the hanger and the heel portion of a type bar.Fig. 16 is a partial plan view showing a section of the support orsegment and a plurality of type-bars in overlapping relation,

one type-bar being in normal position and another swung toward theprinting point-U vFig. 17 is a fragmentary front elevation of a pair ofsimilar bars overlapping, both being in substantially normal position.Fig. 18 is a partial front elevation of the heel and pivots of a singlebar similar to those shown in Fig. 17. I

in carrying my invention into eFect ll preioaaoaa fer to form thetype-bars from blanks of approximately the shape illustrated in Fig. 1.These blanks are stamped out of thin sheet metal with a body a, to formthe shank of the type-bar and branches or arms 6, c. of differentlength. The shorter arm 6, is parallel with the shank a, but projects infront of the same and at its lower end extends transversely inwardbeyond the central longitudinal line of the shank. This transverse endhas a perforation d, in line with the longitudinal center of the shankfor the fulcrum-pivot and a second perforation e, for the attachment ofthe rod or link by which the type-bar is operated. The pullrod aperture6 may be located on one side of the fulcrum aperture d, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2 or on the other side as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and others,according to the mode of operation in difierent machines. The

longer arm 0, extends from the shank a, in an arch or quadrant curve andat the extreme end of the quadrant is bent upon itself at right angles,as shown at f, in Fig. 2, and its extremity is provided with theperforation 9, which is thus brought in line with the fulcrumperforation d, in the arm I), but removed at some distance laterallytherefrom by the transverse bends 7i, 2', shown in Fig. 3. The bar ispreferably deflected as shown in Fig. 4 to bring the type end thereof toa plane approximately midway between the fulcrum extremities of the twobranches. The separation between the perforations a3, and g, produced bythe lateral' extent of the oblique portion 0 of the arm between thepoints it, and 2', is sufficient to adapt the bifurcated heel of onetype-bar formed by the arms 5, c, as above described, to overlap three,more or less, adjacent bars,

"as illustrated in Figs. 4:, 5 and 6, and the arch which is formed bythe curvature of the arm 0, afiords space for the heels of .the adjacentbars to turn one within the other, as illustrated diagrammatically inFig. 6". By inspectionof Fig. 6 in connection with Figs. 5' and 6 itwill be apparent that the arch space in each, type-bar-heel bounded bythe arch a, aflords room for the passage therethrough of the obliquearms 0 of three adjacent type-bars and for the free and independentmovement of such arms through an arc of 90 as the type-bars areseverally operated. The same form of bifurcated heel may be produced bythe making of the branch or arm It, in two pieces, consisting of thecurve of arch shoulder a, and the transverse member 0 carrying theperforation g, which are riveted together at f, as

shown in Figs. 6, Z and 8.

Fig. 8p illustrates a further modification in which the arm I), isdeflected laterally from the shank a, so as to supplement the-lateraldeflection of the transverse member 0 The two members b and c are thusturned in op- 'bered the type-bars a, a a, a, and a and the lateralbranches thereof, each of which overlaps three adjacent bars g, g 9 etc.The purpose of these diagrammatic representations is to show moreclearly how the sector shaped portion of each type-bar heel is adaptedto partly surround the obliqueradial arms of three (more or less)adjacent type bar heels. In actual use the type bars are not parallel asshown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, but are mounted to oscillate in planes radialto the printing point, .as indicated in Fig. 11. The axis of motion ofeach type-bar is a chord of an arc concentric with the printing point;whether they are mounted on a common curved rod as illustrated in Fig.11,

or on separate bracket attachments, as illustrated Fig. 14.

In practice the bars may be assembled on curved fulcrum rods 7', asillustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, Fig. 9 showing the arrangement for afront-strike typewriter and Fig. 10 showing the arrangement for abottom-strike 'or basket machine. In Fig. 9, r indicates the location ofthe platen.

While my improved type-bar maybe used as above described, by assemblingthe bars on a suitably curved fulcrum rod, I prefer to mount them on ahanger specially constructed for my improved type-bar, and whileproviding fulcrum attachments at the required distance asunder tocorrespond with the pivot points d, and g, of the type-bar-heel,

providing simple and convenient means for adjusting the bars in properalinement by a setting movement in line with the bar, when the latter'isin striking position.

My improved hangers are constructed on the same principle as alreadydescribed with reference to the type-bar-heels, and preferably fromblanks of substantially the form represented in Fig. 13. This blankconsists of a straight bar is, k, to form respectively the attachingtang and the projecting shank of the hanger, and the extension m,forming an offset from the shank k also offset n, and o, projecting atright angles one from the junction between the tang and shank k and theother from the extremity of the offset m. as shown. To form thebifurcated shank the offset m, is folded back on itself, as shown at m,in Fig. 14, and bent in opposite directions at m and m to form theoblique transverse extension m, of sufficient length to bring theextremity of the otfset 0,

correspond with the distance asunder of the fulcrum apertures d and g inthe ty e-barheel, as shown in Fig. 14. In the 0 sets 01., and 0 areformed the fulcrum perforations'p, and q, to which the arms of thetype-bar shank are pivoted by hollow rivets p, q passing through thefulcrum-apertures d and g, therein. The shank k and offset m beingformed as shown, permit the assembling of the hangers side by sidewithout interference, the shank is coming above the offset m of theneighboring hanger or hangers. In Fig. 14, I have shown in plan View,and in Fig. 15 in vertical section, one of the arms with heel portionsof the type-bar riveted thereto mounted in the curved bar of the framesuitable for a bottom-strike or basket machine. A single shank k, foreach type'bar with its branched pivot-attachments thus affords thenecessary longitudinal adjustment for setting the types in properalinement. When set the shank is secured in adjusted position by aset-screw s.

The improved hanger with branched fulcrum arms as illustrated in Figs.14 and 15 enables the location of the two fulcrum checks for each bar inparallel planes. When the branching heels are mounted on curvedfulcrum-rods as illustrated in Figs. 9 'and 10, the fulcrum aperturesare necessarily made somewhat larger than the diameter of the curved rodon which they work.

Fig. 11 illustrates in plan view the mode of mounting the two parallelfulcrumed cheeks of each type-bar in parallel kerfs in the curvedfulcrum bar t of the machineframe. This diagram indicates in dottedlines, the several planes, radial to the common printing point, in whichthe type-bars move, the two fulcrum kerfs of each typebar, beingparallel to each other and to the plane, of the oscillation of thetype-bar to which they belong.

From the foregoing description of the invention it willbe seen that atype bar-embodying the same includes the type-carrying stem or shank a,which is bifurcated at its fulcrum or hearing end, the branches of saidbifurcation separating or diverging in two general directions, viz: saidbranches 6 and a diverge in a general direction transversely of the axisof movement of the bar, as clearly seen when the bar is viewed from theside, as in Figs. 2, 6, 8,9, 10 and 15 and other figures, wherein thearms or,branches b and 0 appear as separated or divergent in adirectiontransverse .to the axis represented by thepivotal bearing 9',or the fulcrum or pivotal perforations dand g. The branches 6 and c or0' also diverge in a lateral direction or in line with the pivotal axis,as. clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11, where the extremities ofthe two branches further seen from the same views that ,the

laterally extending arms of a given bar extend across from one side tothe other of the planeor planes of. movement of an adjacent bar or bars;thus in Figs. '5 and 6 for example,;the lateral arm 0 of the first baron the left extends from the left side of the sec- 0nd or adjacent baracross to the right side of said second bar, and in fact crosses theplanes of movement of the three next adja-' cent bars.

.Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a typewriti I pivotallymounted an independently mov able type bars, a pair of spaced-apartpivotal bearings for each bar, the axes of movement of said bars beinchords of the same circle, said chords over apping one another.

2. In a typewriting machine, .a set of pivotally mounted independentlymovable type-bars, a single segmental or arc shaped bearing support forsaid bars, a pair of spaced-apart bearings on said support for each ofsaid bars, the axes-of-movement of saidbars being chords of'said segmentor are, said chords overlapping one another.

3. In a typewriting machine, a set of pivotally mounted independentlymovable type-bars, two laterally separated pivotal supportsfor'eachbamall said supports in so stantially' thev same plane and atsubstantially uniform distance from the printing center of the machine,and single pivotal supports of the said set of bars adjacentlysucceeding one another in the same order of arrangement as the bars towhich they respectively belong.

4. A typewriting machine having two spaced-a art pivotal bearings foreach typeba'r, sai "pivotal bearings arranged on the arc of a commoncircle, the angular distance between the two bearings of each type-barbeing greater than the quotient of the whole arc occupied by all thebars, divided by the number of type-bars.

5. In a typewriting machine, a set of type-bars, a pair of spaced-apartpivotal supports for each bar, the lines joining each pair of saidsupports forming overlapping chords of a common circle, and each type-.machine, a set ofnoaaoaa bar having an arched or. curved :memberforming a clearance for the overlapping portions of adjacent bars.-

6. A typewriting machine havin of fulcrum suppo s or bearings or eachtype-bar, with mbe'rs of one or more pairs intervening between the.members of another pair of supports, said" fiilcrum supports orbearing's'situatcd at a uniform distance from the printing center of themachine, means for adjusting said bearings,

each type-bar having an arched or curved member and lateral branchesextending in opposite. directions from the ends of the arched-member,said branches pivoted in a pair of said fulcrum supports or bearings.

7. A type-bar for typewritingmachines, having a type-carrying shank,said shank bifurcated at its fulcrum end, the branches of saidbifurcated-end being divergent one from the other in a directiontransversely of the axis of movement ,of the bar and also divergent onefrom the other in the line of said axis,

8. A type bar for typewriting machines, said bar having a shank adapt/edto carry the type at one end'thereof and having its other end formed intwo branches, said branches laterally separated and deflected inopposite directions from the line of the 10. A type-bar for typewritingmachines,'f

having a single type-carrying shank proa pair vided with a fore and aftarched fulcrumed heel having laterally separated fulcrumed extensionsoppositely turned and intersecting the axis of rotation of the bar.

, 11; A type-bar for typewriting machines, having a single shank, saidshank carrying the type at one end thereof and having its other endformed in two branches, one of said branches having anarched portionextending transversely of the axis of move ment of the bar, and theextremities of said branches forming laterally separated fulcrumedconnections for the bar.

12. In a typewriting machine, a set of type-bars pivotally mounted asingle anc, each bar having a type-carrying shank, said shank having itspivotal end formed in two branches, sa d branchesdivergent in adirectlon transverse of the pivotal axis of the bar and also divergentin a direction in line with said axis, and branches of adjacent barsintervening between said branches.

13. In a typewriting machine,sa series of type-bars, each bar having atype-carrying shank and a bifurcated heel, one branch of said heelconsisting'of a sector-shaped portion and extending in a directiontransversely of the axis of movement of the bar .and having a laterallyoffset-extension, a -fulcrumed portion on the otherbranch of the heel inparallelism with and opposite to the extremity of said extension, thesector-shaped portion and its ofiset extension being adapted to overlapsimilar parts of one or more adjacent bars. 1

14. In a typewriting machine, a plurality of ty e-bars each of saidbar's provided with a bi rcated fulcrum-end, each branch of which issupported on a suitable bearing support, said bars mounted another withthe branches of one bar bridging branches of adjacentbars and forming aclearance to permit the operation of any individual bar withoutinterference with other ba'rs. o

15. A type-bar for typewritlng machines, having a shank, an archedportion, and two laterally separated branches extending from the archedportion, said arched portion curved in. a plane substantially radial tothe printing center of the machine, and a fulcrum support for each ofsaid branches.

16. A type-bar for typewriting machines, having a shank, an archedmember extending therefrom in the plane of oscillation of.

the type bar, laterally separated extensions branching from each end ofsaid arched member, two spaced-apart fulcrum supports, each of saidextensions having pivotal connection with a fulcrum support.

17. A type-bar for typewriting machines, having a shank, an archedmember extending therefrom in a plane substantially at right angles tothe axis of movement of the bar, and oppositely disposed membersextendin from the ends of the arched member, sai i oppositely disposedmembers having pivotal connections with the fulcrum supports of the bar.C

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a pair of bearings,adjusting means for said bearings, a type-bar having ashank, an archedmember extending from theshank and in a plane substantially at rightangles to the axis of movement of the bar, laterally separated fulcrum.extensions from the ends of said arched member, each of said extensionshaving pivotal connec-- tionwith oneof said bearings.

19. In a typewriting machine, a series of adj acently mounted typebars,each bar hav-- ing a bifurcated fulcrum heel, the bifurcation of one barspanning single heel members of one or more adiacent bars, said adjacentone bifurcation having a curvilinear portion to clear the; heel membersof adjacent bars and permit free movement of any of the bars. v

- 20. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a set of type bars,each bar having its fulcrum end bifurcated, one of said bifurcationshaving an arched shaped portion, said arched shaped portion being subvstantially atr'ight angles to the axisof move ment of the bar, bearingsfor the type bars arranged in pairs the members of each pairofbearingsbeing spaced apart and overlap ping members of adjacent pairs,and each.

pair pivotally supporting a type-bar.

21. A typewriting machine comprisin a series of type-bars, each barformed wit a single type-carrying shank and two laterally separatedbranches with an archshaped portion joining the two branches, two ful--crum supports for each bar each support havin pivotal connection wlthone of said branc es, the line joining the fulcrum points of the twosupports of each bar formin a chord of a circle whose center is theprinting center of themachine, said arch-portion of one type barembracing or partly surrounding branches of adjacent type-bars.

22. A type-bar for typewriting machines havin a fulcrum heel formed intwo 'branc es provided near their extremities with fulcrum connections,one of which branches is curved concentrically with the axisiof motionand is provided' with an obliquely deflected fulcrum connection wherebythe two fulcrum connections are in line with said axis at some distanceasunder.

23. In a typewriting machine, a plurality of type-bars, each bar havinga single shank passing within the curved portion of adja-.

centlymounted type-bars, and fulcrum connections with the ends of saidbranches whereby the curved portion of said bar forms a clearance topermit free and independent movement of the bar.

24. The combination of atypebar having a fulcrum heel formed in twobranches providing parallel fulcrum connections at some distanceasunder; and a hanger therefor formed. with two fulcrum connectionscorresponding in position with the separate fulcrum connections ofthe,type bar heel, and a single shank permitting the adjustment of thehanger in a direction in line with the type bar when instriking-position, substam tially as described.

25. The combination of a plurality of type-bars having branching andoverlapping fulcrum heels forming two separate fulcrum connections foreach type-bar, and

hangers therefor, each formed with separate fulcrum connectionscorresponding in position with the separate fulcrum connections of thetype-bar heel and with a single shank to facilitate the adjustment ofthe type bar in direction of their length, substantially as described. Iy

26. A type-bar for typewriting machines, havin a type-carrying shankdlverging at its crum end into two branches one of said branches beingsubstantially straight and in the same direction as the shank and theother of said branches extending in a curved line away from the shank,pivotal connections at the ends of said branches, said curved portionforming a clearance for branches of adjacent bars, and situated betweenthe pivotal connection and the shank.

'27. A typewriti'ng machine having ty ebars, said type bars havingbifurcated lcrum ends, a pair of spaced-apart pivotal bearings for thebifurcated end of each bar, the axes of movement of the bars formingchords of a circle with said pivotal bearings forming the extremities ofeach chord, said chords overlapping one another and normal to theplane'of movement of the bars.

28. A typewriting machine having type bars, said type bars havingbifurcated fulcrum ends, a pair of spaced-apart pivotal bearings for thebifurcated end of each bar, the axes of movement ofsaid bars formingchords of a circle on. the circumference of which said pivotal bearingsare situated,

said chords intersecting one another between their pivotal bearings. I v

29. A type-bar comprising a body portion and arms which first extendaway from each other in the plane of rotation of the typebar and thenextend toward the pivotal axis of the type-bar.

30. A type-bar comprising a body portion and arms which first extendaway from each other in the plane of rotation of the type bar and thenextend toward the pivotal axis of the type bar and away from the planeof rotation of the type bar.

31. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a series of hangers,and a series of type bars mounted therein, each type bar comprising abody portion and arms provided with pivot seats and each type bar beinginterposed between another type bar and one of the pivot seats of thelatter.

32. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar support, anda series of type bars pivotally mounted thereon, each of said type barsbeing forked at its pivotal end to form an upper and a lower arm, theupper arm of said fork being inclined downwardly and laterally in onedirection-to its pivotal point, and the lower arm of said fork beinginclined upwardly and laterally in the other direction to' its pivotalpoint,

and the upper arms of the several type bars aoaaora being nested abovetheir pivotal points and the lower arms of said type bars being nestedbelow their pivotal points.

33. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar support, anda series of type bars pivotally mounted thereon, each of said type barsbeing forked at its pivotal end to form an upper and a lower arm, theupper arms of the several type bars being inclined laterally in onedirection and the lower arms of the several type bars being inclinedlaterally in the opposite direction and the series of upper arms beingdisposed in nested arrangement and the series of lower arms beingdisposed in nested arrangement.

34. In a typewri'ting machine, the combination of a type bar support,and a series of type bars pivotally mounted thereon, each of said typebars being forked at its pivotal end to form two arms, one of whichextends laterally in one direction and the other of which extendslaterally in the opposite direction, said arms being pivoted to saidsupport at their ends and the pivotal points of the two arms of any typebar being spaced a distance apart greater than the distance from onetype bar to the next in the series.

35. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar support, anda series of type bars pivotally mou ted thereon, each of said type barsbeing for ed at its pivotal end to form an upper and lower arm, one of-which is bent laterally from the type bar in one direction and theother of which is bent laterally from said type bar in the otherdirection, said upper arm being curved 't e bar in one direction andsaid lowervarm being bent laterally from said typebarin the oppositedirection, said upper arm lying in part below the corresponding arm ofthe next typebar in the series on that side adjacent said upper arm andover the corresponding arm of the next type bar on the other side andsaid lower arm lying in part above the corresponding arm of the nexttype bar in the series on the side adjacent said lower arm and below thecorresponding arm of the next type bar on the other side.

3'Z.-In a typewrit-ing machine, the combination of a type bar support,and a series of type bars ivotally mounted thereon, each of said typears being forked at its pivotal end to form an upper and a lower arm,each from the type bar rearwardly, laterally and v clined laterally fromtheir type bars toward all of said lower arms the same directionand 7being inclined laterally'tfrom their respective type bars'to their.-

pivotal ends in-the other direction whereby said upper'arms are'disposed in nested arrangement and said lower arms are disposed innested arrangement.

38. In a typewriting machine, the-combination. of a series of pairs ofpivotal supports, a series of type barsmounted on said supports,each-bar having its pivotal end formed of two branches, said branchesdi-.

their pivotal ends in vergent in thedirection of movement of-the bar andalso divergent in the direction of the axis of movement of the bar, andthe branches of each bar mounted on one of said pairs of pivotalsupports, and in internested r relation with branches of adjacent bars,and the similarly directed and corresponding branches successivelyadjacent .one another in the same orderof succession as the bars towhich they belong;

39. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a series of.adjacently-mounted type-bars, each of-said 'bars having two pivot-armsor branches divergent one from the other, a series of pivotal supportson which said pivot arms are mounted, the arms of the several bars'ininternested relation, with one of the pivotal arms of an individualbarpassing across from one side to the other of the plane of movement ofone or P more adjacent bars. i I

- ILLIAM H. HULSE. Witnesses: 1

M. BLANCHARD,

' OLIVER Dowmo.

